Criminological Psychology Edexcel

Question 1

What are the 3 stages of Psychological formulation

Accepted Answer

Offense analysis, function, treatment

Question 2

What is the third stage of Anger Management

Accepted Answer

Application Training

Question 3

What is a symptom of XYY?

Accepted Answer

TALLER

Question 4

Which of the following describes labelling theory?

Accepted Answer

The idea that stereotyping people can affect their behaviour

Question 5

Aside from the amygdala, which part of the brain links to aggression?

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Prefrontal cortex

Question 6

How many people does XYY syndrome affect?

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1 in 1000

Question 7

Who came up with Anger Management?

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Novaco

Question 8

What is an example of an anger management programme?

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CALM

Question 9

Which of the following are the four traits identified by Eysenck

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Neurotic, Introvert, Stable, Extrovert

Question 10

What is the first stage of anger management?

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Cognitive Preparation

Question 11

The four stages of social learning theory are...

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Attention Retention Reproduction Motivation

Question 12

Where was Jahoda's study conducted?

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Ghana

Question 13

Which of these is a candidate gene for aggression?

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MAOA

Question 14

What does ABI stand for?

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Acquired brain injury

Question 15

Eysenck's theory of personality can be summarised as....

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PEN

Question 16

A problem with this explanation is...

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This is correlation not cause.

Question 17

What does the amygdala do?

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Controls your emotions.

Question 18

Why is hormone therapy used?

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Doesn't require surgical castration, Corrects hormone imbalance

Question 19

How many questions does Eysenck’s Personality Inventory contain?

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100

Question 20

Which one of these is the biological basis of Psychopathy?

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Too much testosterone

Question 21

Which one of these is the biological basis of extroversion?

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Underactive residual nervous system

Question 22

Eysenck's theory supports the role of...

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Both nature and nurture

Question 23

A weakness of anger management is...

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Role-play does not reflect real life situations.

Question 24

Which of these is not an example of developmental psychology?

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Psychological formulations

Question 25

Which factor is the key weakness of Raine et al.’s 1990 study?

Accepted Answer

The study only identifies correlation not cause

Question 26

Which spree killer is linked to the role the amygdala?

Accepted Answer

Charles Whitman

Question 27

What is a strength of Labelling Theory?

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Effectively shows how labelling can lead to deviant careers

Question 28

Anger Management helps...

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helps them resolve conflicts better in the future, offenders understand reasons for their anger

Question 29

What is the self-fulfilling Prophecy ?

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When a person behaves according the the label given to them

Question 30

Which 2 are strengths of the XYY theory?

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Good at explaining violent crimes, Explains gender differences in crime

Question 31

What is the abnormal chromosome disorder we study?

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XYY

Question 32

What are 2 types of Case Studies?

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Prospective, Retrospective

Question 33

Which of these is NOT a results of Maletsky's (2006) study?

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Reoffending occured when the drug was stopped

Question 34

Who is NOT treated using hormone therapy?

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Burglars

Question 35

Which one of these is not a symptom of Psychopathy?

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Empathy

Question 36

What was the name of the researcher who investigated the effects of anger management?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 37

Which one of these is the biological basis of neuroticism?

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A more reactive autonomic nervous system

Question 38

Social learning theory of aggression suggests aggression is...

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learnt by observing and copying others aggressive behaviour

Question 39

What is the second stage of Anger Management?

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Skill Acquisition

Question 40

What was the sample in Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) study

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Primary students

Question 41

What were the groups in Maletsky (2006)

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MPA vs no treatment

Question 42

What is a crime?

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Breach of laws so a governing authority may give a punishment/ treatment

Question 43

Which sociologists carried out research which gave evidence for the self fulfilling prophecy?

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Rosenthal and Jacobsen

Question 44

What year was Rosenthal and Jacobson?

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1968

Question 45

In Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), what % of students were allocated as ‘bloomers’?

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20%

Question 46

What hormone does hormone therapy deal with?

Accepted Answer

Testosterone

Question 47

What does the Pygmalion Effect refer to?

Accepted Answer

Self fulfilling prophecy

Question 48

According to Jahoda and the Ashanti tribe which day would it not preferable to be born on?

Accepted Answer

Wednesday

Criminological Psychology Edexcel

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Criminological Psychology Edexcel

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